Library

Three Rivers Beekeepers Library Policy

Library is for member use only.

Members may check out two books and/or CD’s at a time.

Members should contact the club librarian via email (jimandlaura@windstream.net) no later than 2 days before a meeting to reserve a book/CD. Requested materials will be available for pickup at current months’ meeting.

Books/CD’s may be checked out at monthly meetings for period of one month. Materials must be returned to the librarian at following monthly meeting.

If books/CD’s are not returned at the next meeting, there is a fine of $5 each. If books/CD’s are not returned on the second month, the member will be assessed the cost of the book/CD.

If a member is late returning an item, s/he may not take out any books/CD’s until the late item is returned.

Three Rivers Beekeepers Media Available

Books

The Backyard Beekeeper by Kim Flottum ($24.99)

Fresh, modern look at traditional beekeeping…photos, diagrams and supportive tips…instructions for candle making and soap making

The Backyard Beekeeper’s Honey Handbook ($24.95)

Bad Beekeeping by Ron Miksha ($23.50)

True story of a Pennsylvania man who travels from Saskatchewan to Florida…exemplifying the harsh reality of a man working with and against the physical environment

The Barefoot of Beekeeper by P. U. Chandler

Beeing by Rosanne Daryl Thomas ($14.95)

A warm and engaging memoir of beekeeping…a relationship with nature that mingles science with mythology, wonder with humility and motherly devotion with a search for new ways of seeing

The Bee-friendly Beekeeper by David Heaf ($37.00)

Examines practices to identify an approach to keeping bees that is more bee-appropriate…presents the top bar hive of Emile Warre as a practical and economical alternative to frame hives

Bees by Rudolf Steiner

Lectures describe the unconscious wisdom of the beehive and its connection to our experience…essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the true nature of the honeybee.

Bee – Sentials, A Field Guide by Lawrence John Connor with Robert Muir ($35.95)

The basic “meat on its bones” book. There is a strong “natural focus for beekeepers who want to avoid or minimize pesticides

Bee Sex Essentials by Lawrence John Connor 2008 ($28.00)

Reviews the latest and essential knowledge of drone and queen production, mating and genetics.

The Beekeeper’s Lament by Hannah Nordhaus ($14.99)

The story of John Miller and how bees keep food on our table.

Beekeeping by E.F. Phillips

Classic 1915 work covering all aspects of the complex subject of beekeeping

Beekeeping – A seasonal Guide by Ron Brown ($19.95)

In-depth but simple instructions for all techniques you need, from choosing and siting your hive to controlling swarms, rearing queens and harvesting honey

Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey by Brother Adam ($9.95)

Advice from the Brother Adam, renowned for English beekeeper who started working the abbeys’ hives in 1915.

Beekeeping for All by Abbe Warren ($16.50)

French beekeeper recounts his experiments with various have designs

Bee Keeping for Dummies by Howland Blackiston ($19.99)

The name says it all

Bees in America by Tammy Horn ($27.50)

Traces the many paths of the honey bee and human interaction and weaves them together for a colorful, intimate and in-depth tale